Former President Barack Obama wasn’t so sure Joe Biden, his former veep, should run for president in 2020, The New York Times reported today.

The Las Vegas Jewish community is breathing a sigh of relief after the arrest of a white supremacist who was planning an attack on Jewish sites in the city.
The Las Vegas Sun reported that Conor Climo, 23, was arrested by the FBI and local police last week. He was found to be in possession of materials used to manufacture explosives, as well as a notebook in which he wrote out his plan to attack Jews and LGBT people, which took shape over the course of two years.
Rabbi Yitz Wyne of Young Israel Aish synagogue expressed thanks to the law enforcement officers involved in preventing the attacks, saying, “We have a lot of gratitude toward the almighty, to the FBI and Metro. There’s been strong (police) presence here. They’ve been wonderful, constantly circulating around.”

President Trump on Thursday called the man he mocked for having a “weight problem” at a New Hampshire rally earlier that evening after discovering he was a supporter.
A senior administration official said Friday that after campaign staff got the rallygoer’s contact information, Trump called him from Air Force One on the way back to Bedminster, N.J. The president left a voicemail message.
The man, Frank Dawson, a law enforcement and Navy veteran, was interviewed by Fox News Thursday night following the rally and revealed he was a Trump supporter, adding that he ripped signs out of the hands of nearby protesters at the rally. Dawson also said Trump’s mockery of him didn’t change his opinion of the president.

Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer dismissed accusations that the decision to bar Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) from entering Israel was the result of pressure by U.S. President Donald Trump.
“We were not pressured by the Trump administration; this is a sovereign decision that Israel has to make,” Dermer said during a call organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
The decision to ban the two U.S. House representatives, who have been outspoken in their support for the BDS movement and criticism of Israel’s policies towards the Palestinians, came just hours after Trump tweeted that “it would show great weakness” if Israel allowed the them to enter the country.

Former congressman Mark Sanford said Friday that he is “growing ever closer” to mounting a Republican primary challenge against President Donald Trump following a visit this week to New Hampshire.
Sanford, a former South Carolina governor who represented the state’s 1st Congressional District in the House until earlier this year, said he found “a lot of folks who were open and receptive” to a White House bid during his visit to the nation’s first presidential primary state.
“At this point I am growing ever closer in that direction,” Sanford said during an interview on CNN, adding that he has “a couple more T’s to cross and I’s to dot.”
If Sanford enters the race, he will join former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld in challenging Trump for the GOP nod.

Police from Seattle’s bias crimes division are investigating after racist fliers were found outside at least two synagogues in the city on Tisha B’Av, a Jewish national day of mourning.
According to the Seattle Police Department, officers were called to a South Seattle synagogue around 10:30 on Sunday morning after people saw a man wearing a mask outside the building. Congregants also found a flier taped to the door.
The flier, which has the words “Send Them Back” in bold letters, appears to depict four female U.S. Democratic congresswomen: Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Ocasio-Cortez dubbed them “The Squad” shortly after they began their terms in January.

Israeli Welfare and Social Services Minister Haim Katz announced his resignation on Friday, days after the attorney general announced intentions to indict him on charges of fraud and breach of public trust.
“Dear friends and family, even though I do not have a legal duty to do so, I have decided to resign from my position as Minister of Labor and Welfare. I will continue to serve as a member of Knesset,” Katz wrote in a lengthy Facebook post hailing his innocence and his record during his tenure in cabinet.
“In all my activities as a minister and as a member of Knesset, I have acted in a matter-of-fact and impartial manner for the benefit of the public- including the employees, the pensioners, and the have-nots.”

Arabs attempted Thursday to kidnap an IDF soldier traveling home on leave, sources told Arutz Sheva.
The soldier, who is serving in the IDF’s Givati Brigade, said the kidnapping attempt occurred at Har Keren Junction in southern Israel. A vehicle with dark windows stopped beside the soldier and its passengers offered him a ride.
When the soldier ignored their offers, they exited the vehicle and tried to force him into it. In response, the soldier cocked his weapon and another citizen arrived to try to block their vehicle.
The suspects then escaped the scene.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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The New York City Police Department (NYPD) evacuated a transit station at Fulton Street and William Street Friday morning after two pressure cookers were discovered at the station, prompting fears of explosive devices.

The members of the crowd seated in the prime spots behind President Trump during his campaign rally in Manchester, New Hamphire, on Thursday night seemed distracted. Moments earlier, they had been listening with rapt attention as the president railed against “radical Democrats,” but now, one by one, their heads were swiveling away, their gazes affixed on something above them.
Soon, the crowd was roaring, their voices growing so loud inside the Southern New Hampshire University Arena that Trump stopped mid-sentence and turned to look behind him at what had gotten his fans so riled up: protesters.